ORF TRACON Controller reported numerous frequencies routinely fail at their facility and no action has been taken to address the frequent outages.

Date: 2023-10 · Aircraft: No Aircraft

Anomalies: atc-issue-all-types|ground-event-encounter-ground-equipment-issue

Synopsis

ORF TRACON Controller reported numerous frequencies routinely fail at their facility and no action has been taken to address the frequent outages.

Narrative

Today we had multiple frequencies go down again. 127.9118.9125.2126.05134.875119.45Pilots reported a stuck microphone sound on these. This was during the day with bad weather moving in. Once we started to find out that they were bad we tried to contact ZDC; PCT; NHK. Some didn't pick up after multiple calls because they were probably busy with weather so they continued to switch people to frequencies that were down. This made a slow session into a pain and led to bad service to the pilots. Suggestion: I think we should have someone come out and really troubleshoot these frequencies. This is probably my 5th or 6th time doing a report on them. Its causing stress that we shouldn't have to feel. Some have worked over 500 hours of overtime this year and we are doing it with equipment that isn't acceptable. I've had to give clearances to Medevac's over guard. We keep getting lucky and nothing major happens but ORF's airspace is congested with airports and military activity and it can get dangerous quick if equipment isn't working. It seems to happen around storms in the area. Its getting to the point where there's more broken equipment than functioning here. I think someone should really take the time and help us get the funding and manpower to get our stuff reliable again.

Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.